Hey, you Scripture memory friends! We have made it all the way to verse 7! I felt like doing another little video for you this time around. It just feels warmer to me this way even if a written post is far more orderly and includes far less rambling. These videos are rough and unpolished but they are from the heart. I’m so proud of your hard work and your perseverance. Often when I read through your entries, I wonder if I’m getting a little clue about some of your circumstances and challenges. I don’t miss how many of you are memorizing Scriptures that encourage you to forgive someone. I am also deeply moved as I see many memorize Scriptures that remind you that YOU are forgiven and that you have been completely cleansed and that the power of Christ’s cross extends to YOU. Other times I smile seeing countless women selecting verses to help them keep their mouths shut in situations. Still other times I sense through your selections how very much you want to love people the way Christ has called you to love. AND IT’S HARD.
Maybe I’m reading too much into all of this. Maybe what’s resonating with me about your selections is that I myself am desperate for them. I have people to forgive. I need to believe and know without a doubt that I am completely forgiven and cleansed. I absolutely need to shut my mouth more often. And I want to love the way Christ has called me to love and, yes, sometimes it is the hardest thing on earth for me.
Nothing is like the Word of God. He leaves nothing out.
Ok, Girls! I am continuing a segment of Ephesians 3 so here is my entry this time around:
Beth Moore, Houston. “That according to the riches of His glory He may grant you to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in your inner being.” Ephesians 3:16 ESV
I sure love all of you and I am blessed beyond words to serve you! Press on and keep up your memory work!
Lori
Northumberland, PA
Here, O Lord, and have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper! Psalm 30:10 NKJ
“For this is the message you have heard from the beginning: we should love one another.” I John 3:11
Linda Wright, Sugar Land, Texas
1 Samuel 2:8 NIV “He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor.”
I know I’m late, but my husband had surgery, and this is my first chance to submit…I hope you will accept me…
This was supposed to go on Verse 8…it is still late, but now it is in the right spot…
Beth – Concord, NC
“I pray that out of His glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through His spirit in your inner being.” Ephesians 3:16 NIV
Jenny Manis, Glen Rose, TX, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (â€Romans‬ â€3‬:â€23‬ NIV)
Tessa Clark, Jefferson City, MO
EPHESIANS 4:29 ESV
Let not corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Michelle Vardeman, Russellville, AR
A fool gives vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control. Proverbs 29:11 NIV
Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.” John 13:7
Rebekah Gardner harrisburg , nc
“You have planet much but harvest little. You eat that are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your way just disappear as they are putting them in pockets filled with holes!now go up into the hills, bring down timber, and rebuild my house. Then I will take pleasure in it, and be honored says the Lord.”
Haggai 1:5-6
Natalie- Austin, Tx
Matt 10:33
And anyone who does not take up the cross and follow me daily is not worthy of me.
Sarah Lusk, Houston
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 NIV
Lyndsay herrin, Vidalia, Georgia
The king was overjoyed and ordered that Daniel be lifted from the den. Not a scratch was found on him, for he had trusted in his God. (â€Daniel‬ â€6‬:â€23‬ NLT)
Lynne – Jackson, Alabama
“Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.”
Isaiah 26:4 (NASB)
He is the Rock, His works are perfect, and all His ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is He. Deuteronomy 32:4 NIV
Marilyn Andrews, Piedmont, OK
Romans 6:23New International Version (NIV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
Jana Dawn Bott
Wardsville, MO
Acts 1:3
After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Judy – Cottageville WV
“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on inmorality.” 1 Cor 15:53
1 Samuel 18:1 ESV
As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
Terese Kay Black Earth. Wisconsin
Rev.5:13 NIV Study Bible
Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth
and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing:
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb”
be praised and honor and glory and power,
For ever and ever !”
Kimberly Keech, Cary. “But you are a shield around me, O LORD; you bestow glory on me and lift up my head.” Psalm3:3,NIV.
Tirsa from Bloemfontein,South Africa:
Ephesians 3:17 ESV
“so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love,”
Angi – Pelham, AL
“Breathren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 1 Corinthians 7:24 KJV
Patti, Shalimar, FL, “Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.” James‬ â€1‬:â€19‬ (NLT)
Nicole//Dallas//NLT “and become one with Him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ. For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.” Philippians 3:9
I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 (NASB)
Maureen, Royal Oak, MI
“O my Strength, I will sing praises to you, for you, O God, are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.”
â€â€Psalm‬ â€59:17‬ â€ESV‬‬
Lee, Argyle,Tx
Psalm 37:23-24
If the LORD delights in a man’s way he makes his steps firm, though he stumbles, he will not fall for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
Susan, Atlanta, GA
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10 NIV
Psalm 121:2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
Maaike Veerbeek, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, Spr.3:5-6,”Vertrouw op de HEER met heel je hart, steun niet op eigen inzicht.
Denk aan hem bij alles wat je doet,dan baant hij voor jou de weg.” (NBV-Dutch)
Inez Barnes
Hamburg AR
Leviticus 25:10. NLT
Set this year apart as holy. A time to proclaim freedom throughout the land for all who live there. It will be a Jubilee year for you
Unionville, Tennessee
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:45 NIV
Brigette Brock
Morehead, KY
Every good and perfect gift is from above.
James 1:17
NIV
Annalee
Morehead, KY
Every good and perfect gift is from above.
James 1:17
NIV
Martha Parrish, Irving, TX
In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
2 Chronicles 31:21 NIV
Delight yourself in the Lord
and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4 NIV
Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus
Philippians 2:5 (amp)
Laurie Burton
Amarillo TX
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18 ESV
April 12 Valerie, Kennewick
Isaiah 40:28 NIV
Do you not know?
Have you not heard?
The Lord is the everlasting God, the creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom.
Melanie Beaudin, Winchester, Va
“Do everything without grumbling or arguing so that you may become blameless and pure “children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation.” Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky.”
Phillipeans 2: 14-15, NIV
Julie Wagner, Nederland,TX
“Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.”
Psalm 51:12
April 18. Psalm 145:3-4
Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; His greatness no one can fathom. One generation will commend your works to another, they will tell of your mighty acts.
NIV
Matthew 5:16 (NASB)
Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Jill Sanders, Leachville, AR
“… The creator of everything in heaven and on earth.”
~Ephesians 3:15
“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
1Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV
Pat
Crawfordsville IN
Siabhon N. Richards, Phenix City, AL
“I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,”
Ephesians 3: 16-17 NIV
Liz N Santee CA So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. Romans 10:17 NASB
Danielle Dryburgh, Philadelphia PA ” The wilderness and the dry lands shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;” Isaiah 35:1
Jill, Oak Ridge, TN
With a mighty hand and outstretched arm; His love endures forever. Psalm 136:12 (NIV)
Layne Hall, Columbus MS – “Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” James 1:22 NIV